Wrench.



No. 794.448. PATENTED JULY 11, 1905.

B. S. BOGGS.

WRENCH.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 25,1904.

Patented July 11, 1905.

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BALUS S. BOGGS, OF NEWVRY, SOUTH CAROLINA.

WRENCH.

SPECIFICATION forming e of Letters Patent No. 794,448, dated. July 11,1905.

Application filed November 25, 1904. Serial No. 234,281.

To (1,7 7 1071/0771, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BALUs S. BOGGS, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Newry, in the county of Oconee and State of South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wrenches; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in combination-tools, and more particularly to a combined revolving wrench, screw-driver, and nail-extractor.

The object of my invention is to provide a tool of this character which will be simple in construction, durable in use, efficient in operation, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture. 1

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a wrench constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation showing one of the locking-plates turned at right angles to the handle to permit it to be used as a screw-driver, and Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings by numeral, 1 denotes the handle or shank of my improved wrench, which has its large end 2 forked or bifurcated, as at 3, to form two arms 4, between which is mounted a rotary head 5. Said head 5 is in the form of a circular disk, and it is mounted by means of a bolt or screw 6, as shown. In the outer edge or periphery of the head 5 is formed a series of recesses 7, which form nut-engaging sockets. Each of said recesses or sockets 7 is of a different size, so that the tool may be used upon nuts or bolts of any size.

In order to hold the rotary head against movement when it is desired to use this tool, I may employ one or both of the lockingplates 8 9, which are located upon opposite Sides of the handle 1. The locking-plate 8 is slidably mounted by providing in it a longitudinally-disposed slot 10, through which projects a set-screw 11. hen the said set-screw is loosened, the plate 8 may be moved longitudinally upon the handle 1, so that its lower recessed end 12 may be moved into engagement with one of the recesses 7 in the head 5 in order to prevent the latter from rotating. The locking-plate 9 instead of being slidably mounted, as is the plate 8, is pivoted upon one of the arms 4 of the handle, shown at 13, so that it may be swung into and out of engagement with any one of the recesses 7 in the head 5. In order to hold the locking-plate 9 .in one of said recesses, I provide a set-screw 14, which passes through said plate and into a threaded socket 15, formed in the opposite arm 4, as clearly shown in Fig. 4.

In order to permit the tool to be used as a screw-driver, either of the locking-plates 8 9 is swung to a position at right angles to the handle 1 and is secured in that position by means of said set-screw. As shown in Fig. 3, the plate 8 may be readily swung to this position by loosening the set-screw 11 and will be retained therein by said set-screw when the latter has been again tightened. When the plate 9 is used as a screw-driver, its setscrew is removed from the threaded socket 15 in the arm 4 and engaged with a similarlythreaded socket 16 in the portion 2 of the handle 1. The ends of each of these plates 8 9 are beveled, as shown at 17 and 18, to per mit them to be readily engaged with the usual slot in the head of a screw.

The tool may alsobe used as a screwdriver by forming in the periphery of the head or disk 5 a recess or notch 19, which forms a tapered tongue 20, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

To permit the tool to be used for extracting or removing nails, the periphery of said head or disk 5 is formed with one or more radially-extending grooves or recesses 21, which open into one of the side walls of one of the recesses 7, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings.

The use, operation, tool will be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. It will be seen and advantages of thethat by means of one or the other of the locking-plates 8 9 the head 5 may be adjusted so that any one of its nut-engaging sockets or recesses 7 may be employed to engage a nut or the head of a bolt. The tool may also be readily adjusted for use as a screw-driver or a nail-extractor, as previously explained.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

-Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A tool of the class described, comprising a handle having a bifurcated end, a head revolubly mounted in said end and formed in its periphery With a plurality of nut-engaging recesses, and a plate pivotally and longitudinally mounted in one side of said handle, said plate being adapted at one end to enter the said recesses and revolubly-mounted head and having a handle at its opposite end, substantially as described.

2. A tool of the class described, comprising a handle having a bifurcated end, a head revolubly mounted in said end and provided With peripheral nut-engaging sockets, a plate pivotally mounted on one side of the handle and adapted to be moved into and out of engagement with one of the sockets of the head, and means to secure the said plate in either of said positions.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of tWo subscribing Wit- BALUS S. BOGGS.

Witnesses:

C. R. KNOX, STILEs BORRON. 

